WEST POINT — Colby Miller has watched Army teammates receive praise on their perfect effort in games for the past three seasons.

Army's coaching staff gives out Ranger awards for exceptional play after reviewing film after each game.

Miller, who played on the scout team his first three seasons, has worked his way on to the field this year. On Sunday, Miller, a senior linebacker, was recognized for the first time among his peers as a standout.

Miller made six tackles, including a solo stop for no gain on a fourth-and-1 play, in a 50-25 win over Eastern Michigan Saturday.

"I've seen it every week since I've been here," Miller said of the Ranger award. "It's big. I know what it means to this team. I'm just honored that I was considered worthy to get it."

"We don't have a lot of awards or players of the week," Kime said. "The Ranger award is kind of our thing and everyone on the line got it for us."

As if Army's top-ranked running game needs any extra assistance these days, the Black Knights might get senior Raymond Maples back sooner than expected.

Maples, who has missed the last four games due to a groin injury, was supposed to miss six to 12 weeks.

However, coach Rich Ellerson said "there's an outside chance but unlikely" that Maples, who rushed for 1,000 yards in 2011 and 2012, returns this Saturday against Temple in his hometown of Philadelphia.

"I think there's a good chance for Air Force" on Nov. 2, Ellerson said. "Obviously, Ray would love to play in Philadelphia. So he might be pushing it a little bit harder and be a little too rosy about his own prospects. But our hope is we are going to have him for a chunk of the end of the season."